Re: Apple][ History Question

[tdiaz@hypermall.com (Tony Diaz)]

Omri Ceren (pern@primenet.com) wrote:
: Hi all,
: This is a trivia questoin that I need answered by 7:00 AM Pacific Time
: tommorrow (12/19/96)... If anybody knows it, please answer! Thanx in
: advance... The q:

: To ensure that the integrated circuits inside the computer were securly
: in their sockets, owners of the Apple][ were once asked to do this.


That would be picking it up and dropping it about 4 inches onto the table.

Allthough actually, this was the official response to the "My Apple ///
doesn't work and it's only 2 weeks old" inquiry. 

The reason for this was the Apple /// being rushed to market several 
months early, skipping a greatly needed seeding phase to test the machine
in a more real world environment.

Tony
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